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Oklahoma Higher Education's Campus E-Clips Newsletter - March 2005
http://www.okhighered.org/newsletter/Archives/index-031605.html[8/20/2013 3:53:46 PM]
IN OTHER NEWS MARCH 16, 2005 EVENTS
Gift to ECU creates
'angel investment'
program
Meteorological society
honors Mesonet
Langston marching band
competes in Georgia
Dome
NSU senior survives
another round on
'American Idol'
Record enrollments continuing this spring at
state colleges and universities
Enrollments are up slightly across
Oklahoma’s public higher education system
this spring compared to this same time last
year, building on record enrollments that
have been registered for the spring semester
during each of the last three years.
According to the Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education’s Preliminary Enrollment
Report for spring 2005, enrollment at Oklahoma public colleges and
universities has increased by 1.1 percent or 1,865 students compared to
last spring. A total of 171,136 students are enrolled this spring across the
state system. Read more.
Northwestern Small Business Institute team
wins national award
A team of Northwestern Oklahoma State University students in the
university’s Small Business Institute (SBI) program placed second in the
nation for the SBI Specialized Case of the Year.
The award was announced during the United States Association for
Small Business and Entrepreneurship/SBI joint conference recently held in
Palm Springs, Calif. Other winners were Seattle University (Wash.), first
place, and Sonoma University (Calif.), third. Read more.
State, national officials celebrate success, fight
to keep funding of education programs
More than 900 college administrators, educators,
state officials and students from throughout the state
met at the state Capitol recently to celebrate the
success of Oklahoma’s TRiO programs.
Those in attendance also made their voices heard
about President George Bush’s recent proposal to
eliminate TRiO’s Upward Bound and Talent Search
programs and redirect the funding toward an extension
of his No Child Left Behind Program. Read more.
Northeastern Center for Rural Development to
launch MapInfo location-based economic
development Web site
The Oklahoma Center for Rural Development at Northeastern State
University recently announced the launch of a program and Web site that
will help developers and business owners attract new business to
Oklahoma.
Based on location technology from MapInfo Corporation, the Web site
provides public access to economic development information about the
state. Read more.
RSC hosts Oak Ridge Boys
& Creedence Clearwater
Revisted
OSU-Tulsa 'Levant'
photography exhibit
Junior Young Talent
Exhibit at Rose State
April 7 - Drum Drum to
perform at SWOSU
April 15-16 - Ethics
Conference at OSU-Tulsa
featuring Reno and Berry
April 25-27 - IT Security
Conference at OU
May 20-24 - OU's
Women's Leadership
Institute
CAMPUS
NEWS LINKS*
PHOTO
GALLERY
Ardmore H.E.C.*
Cameron*
Carl Albert
Connors
East Central*
Eastern Oklahoma
Langston
Murray
NEO A&M
Northeastern*
Northern
Northwestern*
OCCC*
OPSU*
OSRHE*
OSU*
OSU-CHS*
OSUIT, Okmulgee*
OSU-OKC*
OSU-Tulsa*
OU*
OUHSC*
Redlands
Rogers*
Rose State*
Seminole
Southeastern*
SWOSU*
TCC*
UCO
USAO*
Western
Junior Young Talent

Oklahoma Higher Education's Campus E-Clips Newsletter - March 2005
http://www.okhighered.org/newsletter/Archives/index-031605.html[8/20/2013 3:53:46 PM]
IN OTHER NEWS MARCH 16, 2005 EVENTS
Gift to ECU creates
'angel investment'
program
Meteorological society
honors Mesonet
Langston marching band
competes in Georgia
Dome
NSU senior survives
another round on
'American Idol'
Record enrollments continuing this spring at
state colleges and universities
Enrollments are up slightly across
Oklahoma’s public higher education system
this spring compared to this same time last
year, building on record enrollments that
have been registered for the spring semester
during each of the last three years.
According to the Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education’s Preliminary Enrollment
Report for spring 2005, enrollment at Oklahoma public colleges and
universities has increased by 1.1 percent or 1,865 students compared to
last spring. A total of 171,136 students are enrolled this spring across the
state system. Read more.
Northwestern Small Business Institute team
wins national award
A team of Northwestern Oklahoma State University students in the
university’s Small Business Institute (SBI) program placed second in the
nation for the SBI Specialized Case of the Year.
The award was announced during the United States Association for
Small Business and Entrepreneurship/SBI joint conference recently held in
Palm Springs, Calif. Other winners were Seattle University (Wash.), first
place, and Sonoma University (Calif.), third. Read more.
State, national officials celebrate success, fight
to keep funding of education programs
More than 900 college administrators, educators,
state officials and students from throughout the state
met at the state Capitol recently to celebrate the
success of Oklahoma’s TRiO programs.
Those in attendance also made their voices heard
about President George Bush’s recent proposal to
eliminate TRiO’s Upward Bound and Talent Search
programs and redirect the funding toward an extension
of his No Child Left Behind Program. Read more.
Northeastern Center for Rural Development to
launch MapInfo location-based economic
development Web site
The Oklahoma Center for Rural Development at Northeastern State
University recently announced the launch of a program and Web site that
will help developers and business owners attract new business to
Oklahoma.
Based on location technology from MapInfo Corporation, the Web site
provides public access to economic development information about the
state. Read more.
RSC hosts Oak Ridge Boys
& Creedence Clearwater
Revisted
OSU-Tulsa 'Levant'
photography exhibit
Junior Young Talent
Exhibit at Rose State
April 7 - Drum Drum to
perform at SWOSU
April 15-16 - Ethics
Conference at OSU-Tulsa
featuring Reno and Berry
April 25-27 - IT Security
Conference at OU
May 20-24 - OU's
Women's Leadership
Institute
CAMPUS
NEWS LINKS*
PHOTO
GALLERY
Ardmore H.E.C.*
Cameron*
Carl Albert
Connors
East Central*
Eastern Oklahoma
Langston
Murray
NEO A&M
Northeastern*
Northern
Northwestern*
OCCC*
OPSU*
OSRHE*
OSU*
OSU-CHS*
OSUIT, Okmulgee*
OSU-OKC*
OSU-Tulsa*
OU*
OUHSC*
Redlands
Rogers*
Rose State*
Seminole
Southeastern*
SWOSU*
TCC*
UCO
USAO*
Western
Junior Young Talent